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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Five9's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Five9's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Five9
- high 123 stale, 4 reposted of 124 open
- Hiring momentum
- 210 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Five9's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Five9.
About this role
As the Vice President of Data Science at Five9, you will lead and expand the data science team responsible for enhancing AI products through research, experimentation, and data analysis. Your role involves setting technical direction, being hands-on with technical work, and collaborating with various stakeholders to drive product improvements and customer satisfaction. You will also represent the data science function internally and externally, engaging with customers and participating in industry activities.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Five9 as an employer.
What you need
- 12+ years experience in data science or AI applied research
- Deep expertise in modern AI/ML
- Extensive hands-on experience with LLMs, agentic architectures, retrieval-augmented systems, transformers, and composite model pipelines
- Strong understanding of commercial and open-source model ecosystems
- Proven ability to perform fine-tuning, supervised/unsupervised training, prompt engineering, and model orchestration
- Expertise in large-scale data collection, labeling, cleaning, and curation pipelines
What you get
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Short & Long-Term Disability
- Basic Life Insurance
- 401k saving plan with employer matching
- Access to mental health support platform
- Generous employee stock purchase plan
Worth weighing
- Role is fully remote for candidates outside a 30-mile radius of an office, hybrid for those within
- No specific mention of team size or structure
- Vague details on the exact nature of the technical work expected from the VP
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Listed by Five9 on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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